Album.



No. 875,545. PATENTED DEG. 31, 1907.

T. A. MACDONALD.

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THOMAS A. MACDONALD, OF MIDVALE, NEW

JERSEY, ASSIGNOR OF FORTY-FIVE ONE- HUNDREDTHS TO RICHARD GODFREY, OFCLIFTON, NEW JERSEY.

ALBUM.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 31, 1907'.

Application filed March l1. 1907. Serial No. 361,770.

To all 107mm it may concern.

Be it known that I, THOMAS A. MACDON- ALD, a subject of the King ofEngland, and resident of Midvale, in the county of Passaic and State ofNew Jersey, United States of America, have made certain new and usefulImprovements in Albums, of which the following is a specification. l

My invention is an improvement in albums and particularly in albumleaves and has for an object to provide a novel construction whereby thealbum leaf is adapted to receive portraits and also to receive smallbooks in pamphlet form upon which can be inscribed the autographs of thepersons pertrayed or of other persons and any memoranda, eithersentimental or otherwise, which may be inscribed either by the personsportrayed or by others; and the invention consists in certain novelconstructions and lcombinations of parts as will be hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

In the drawings-Figure 1 is a face view of an album leaf embodying myinvention. Fig. 2 is a detail cross section on about line 2-2 of Fig. 1.Fig. 3 is a cross section on about line 3*?) of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is adetail perspective view of the clasp for securing the book leaves to thecarrier card and for holding said leaves detachably in place. Fig. 5 isa face view partly broken away of an album leaf embodying my inventionin which a somewhat different form of book is employed. Fig. 6 is adetail section on about line 6`6 of Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a face view partlybroken away, and Fig. S a sectional view illustrating a somewhatdifferent construction from those shown in Figs. 1 and 5.

In Vthe construction shown in Fig. 1 the leaf A is provided withopenings a for portraits and is slitted from its edge producing anintervening space A in which the portraits may be inserted to expose thesame through the openings a as is usual in photograph album leaves andthe leaf is alsoprovided with what for convenience of reference I termbook openings B, said book openings and portrait openings beingintersected by the intervening space A as will be understood from Fig. 1of the drawings. In the space A I slip a carrier C which may preferablybe a card of a larger size than the open- .ing B so it will projectbeyond the several walls of said opening and to this carrier andpreferably to the opposite sides thereof I se- Thus, in Fig. 1 I showtwo eure book leaves D of a size to fit in the openings B and of suchthickness combined with that of the carrier C that the leaves will notproject beyond the faces cf the leaf A leaving the faces of the saidleaf A free cf any projections as will be understood from Fig. 3 of thedrawings.

In Fig. 5 I show the leaves d of the book united at one edge by asuitable binding d which may be pasted or otherwise secured to thecarrier card d2 shown in Fig. 6, and manifestly this construction ofbook leaves may be employed or I may employ the construction shown inFigs. 7 and 8 in which the leaves d3 of the book are secured to thecarrier card d4 by a ribbon d5, which may be tied in a bowknot on theouter side of the book as illustrated in Figs. 7 and 8. Either of theseconstructions may be employed without departing from some of theprinciples of my invention but I prefer in practice to make the leavesof the book and to secure them as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawingsby means of the clasp shown in Fig. 4. In this construction the clasp Fhas a main plate F secured by spurs F2 to the carrier C and providedwith a projecting lug F2, having an upturned tongue F4 with which thefree edge F5 of a hinged leaf F6 will engage when turned to the positionshown in Figs. 1 and 2 to hold the leaves D which are iitted on thetongue F4, being for such purpose provided with perforations D throughwhich the tongue F4 may project when the parts are applied as shown inFigs. 1 and 2. Thus, the retaining plate F5 which is hinged at FG to themain plate may be turned to the dotted line position indicated in Fig. 2and the leaves be applied or removed as desired. Then after the leavesare applied the retaining plate may be turned down to the position shownin Fig. 2 springing into engagement with the tongue F4L and operating tohold the leaves securely y in place.

Manifestly, the number of portrait openings and book openings may bevaried, portrait openings in the same leaf, one protrait openand twobook openings while in Fig. 7 I illustrate ing and one book opening.

In the use of my invention the leaves of the books may be utilized topresent an abbreviated life history of the person portrayed as yindicated in Fig. 1 or any other desired inscription may be made uponthe book.

The several leaves may be secured independently in any suitable bindingso they may be used interchangeably and added to or taken from oradjusted in position as may be desired.

l. A leaf substantially as herein described having the sections fittedfiatwise together with the intervening space for a portrait and alsohaving a portrait opening and a book opening intersected by saidintervening space, a carrier card fitting in said intervening spaceopposite the book opening and projecting laterally beyond the Walls ofthe same Whereby it will be retained by the leaf, the book leaves onopposite sides of the card and perforated for the tongue of the claspsand the clasps each having a base plate held to the carrier card andprovided with a projecting lug having an upturned tongue and a retainingplate hinged to the base plate and springing into and out of engagementwith the tongue whereby to retain the book leaves When the latter arefitted on the tongue, substantially as set forth.

2. A leaf having a portrait opening, a book opening and the interveningspace and slitted from its edge in communication with said space and acarrier plate inserted in the intervening space and having opposite thebook opening a tongue projecting therein, substantially as set forth.

3; An album leaf having an opening for a portrait and also having a bookopening, a

book fitted in said opening and a carrier for said book held in theleaf, substantially as set forth.

4. An album leaf having a book opening, a carrier and a book to fit insaid opening and a clasp for holding the book to the carrier andcomprising a main plate having a tongue to pass through the leaves ofthe book and a retaining plate springing into and out of engagement Withthe tongue for holding the leaves therein, substantially as set forth.

5.' An album leaf having an opening for a portrait and also having anopening fora book, a carrier card inserted in said album leaf and bookleaves secured to the carrier card and fitting in the book opening,substantially as set forth.

6. An album leaf having a portrait opening and a book opening combinedWith a carrier plate inserted in the leaf opposite the book opening,book leaves applied to the carrier plate and means for detachablysecuring the book leaves to the carrier plate, substantially as setforth.

7. A leaf having a portrait opening, a book opening and the'interveningspace, a carrier plate in the intervening space, and a book attached tosaid carrier plate and arranged Within the book opening.

THOMAS A. lVIACDOhALD.`

Witnesses:

SoLoN C. KEMON, PERRY B. TURPIN.

